page_title: Askham, Northern Cape
section_title: Kalahari Red Dune Route
hierarchical_section_title: Askham, Northern Cape / Attractions / Kalahari Red Dune Route
caption_attribution_description: English: Red dunes in the Kalahari, Northern Cape, Southafrica.
context_page_description: Askham is a village in the Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality in the ZF Mgcawu District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Askham lies not far from the confluence of the mostly dry Molopo and Kuruman Rivers in the Red Kalahari Desert, about 200 km north of Upington at the junction of the R31 and the R360 roads.
  The village is located in the belt of the irrigated green land that surrounds the Orange River, as it flows North-West through the Kalahari toward the Namibian border and the Richtersveld area of Namaqualand. Askham is located in the southern Kalahari wilderness area on the Red Dune Route, where the dunes grow approximately 35m in height. The area was once home to the San Bushmen, Koranna and Nama people.
context_section_description: The village of Askham is the starting point of the  Kalahari Red Dune. The Route is home to the ancient tribes Khoi and San. Their descendants can be found today producing and selling authentic handicrafts such as bow and arrows, beads made out of ostrich egg shells and animal skin bags.
caption: Red Dunes in the Kalahari, Northern Cape
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